Smart Apps For Kids

Count Up to Ten - Review

 

 

Bottom line: a sweet little app to help very early learners master numbers 1 through 10. Uses Montessori teaching methods and contains three levels of difficulty for ages 3-6. Free lite version available.

Featured App: ThUMP Ultimate Calculus and Algebra Training.

Tell your high schoolers (or super, super gifted middle schoolers) to fire up their thinking caps- ThUMP Ultimate from Mathtoons Media  is here to push them to the next level in Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus.

It works like this: The free version comes with 6 subjects: Number skills, Exponents, Radicals, Basic Algebra, Equations and Inequalities, and Intermediate Algebra.

3 more subjects, Advanced Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry, are available as in-app purchases at $.99 a pop. 

Alan’s World Counting for Kids: Review

 

 

Bottom line: serves as a basic introduction to number sense and early math concepts for preschoolers, but it lacks the pizzazz or refinement of similar offerings in this well-trod territory in the App Store. First activity is Free.

Monkey MathSchool Sunshine: Review

 

 

Bottom line: another 5-star offering from Thup. Makes early math-concept learning fun for kids ages 3-6.

Monkey Math Jetpack Adventure: Review

 

 

Bottom line: a fun way for kids ages 4 and up to learn and practice basic math skills. Free version available. And also, two words: monkey ninja.

Lola's Math Ship: Review

 

 

Bottom line: the speed and strategy needed to clear all levels in this game are enough to give young brains a fun workout even if the math isn't really much of a challenge. Free to try!

Coming Soon - LocaMath!

And now it is time for something a little different.

Normally I get to chat in this space and tell you all about this app or that, and usually tell you to rush off to the iTunes store (or not, sometimes) and download the latest and greatest. Except I’m not doing that today. I’m telling you to keep your eyes peeled for  Loca Math from….Loca Math! This is an up and coming app that hasn’t hit the iTunes store yet, but has a few things they want you to know. Most of all, it is that it’s main goal is to make learning fun.